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Overview

Alan L. Smith is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a substantial focus on social psychology and developmental and educational psychology. Additional expertise is evident in applied psychology, safety research, and orthopedics and sports medicine.

Their scholarly work explores several main topics, including motivation and self-concept in sports, sport psychology and performance, behavioral health and interventions, children's physical and motor development, youth development and social support, sports injuries and prevention, and issues concerning obesity, physical activity, and diet.

Smith has published research in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology
  • Journal of Pediatric Nursing
  • Kinesiology Review
  • Journal of Attention Disorders

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Smith cover a range of topics related to youth sports, motivation, and physical activity. Notable recent works include:

  • Toward an Integrated Understanding of the Youth Sport System (2020), published in Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
  • Group cohesion and relatedness as predictors of self-determined motivation and burnout in adolescent female athletes (2020), published in Psychology of Sport and Exercise
  • Adolescent Autonomous Motivation for Physical Activity: A Concept Analysis (2020), published in Journal of Pediatric Nursing
  • A Systematic Review of eHealth Interventions to Promote Physical Activity in Adults with Obesity or Overweight (2022), published in Behavioral Medicine
  • Reenvisioning Postpandemic Youth Sport to Meet Young People's Mental, Emotional, and Social Needs (2021), published in Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine

Smith collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Christine E. Pacewicz, Lorraine B. Robbins, Jiying Ling, Tsui-Sui Annie Kao, and Nicholas D. Myers. These partnerships have resulted in multiple publications that contribute to the fields of sport and health psychology.

Best Publications

  • Development and Preliminary Validation of an Athlete Burnout Measure.

    Thomas D. Raedeke;Alan L. Smith

  • Peer relationships in physical activity contexts: a road less traveled in youth sport and exercise psychology research.

    Alan L Smith

  • Coping Resources and Athlete Burnout: An Examination of Stress Mediated and Moderation Hypotheses

    Thomas D. Raedeke;Alan L. Smith

  • Change in Physical Education Motivation and Physical Activity Behavior during Middle School

    Anne E. Cox;Alan L. Smith;Lavon Williams

  • Perceptions of relationships with parents and peers in youth sport: Independent and combined prediction of motivational outcomes

    Sarah Ullrich-French;Alan L. Smith

  • Social and motivational predictors of continued youth sport participation.

    Sarah Ullrich-French;Alan L. Smith

  • Friendship quality in youth sport: relationship to age, gender, and motivation variables.

    Maureen R. Weiss;Alan L. Smith

  • "That's what friends are for": children's and teenagers' perceptions of peer relationships in the sport domain.

    Maureen R. Weiss;Alan L. Smith;Marc Theeboom

  • Perceptions of Peer Relationships and Physical Activity Participation in Early Adolescence

    Alan L. Smith

  • Teammate social support, burnout, and self-determined motivation in collegiate athletes

    J.D. DeFreese;Alan L. Smith

  • Peer-delivered physical activity interventions: an overlooked opportunity for physical activity promotion.

    Kathleen A Martin Ginis;Claudio R Nigg;Alan L Smith

  • Pilot Physical Activity Intervention Reduces Severity of ADHD Symptoms in Young Children

    Alan L. Smith;Betsy Hoza;Kate Linnea;Julia D. McQuade

  • Parents' perceptions of child-to-parent socialization in organized youth sport.

    Travis E. Dorsch;Alan L. Smith;Meghan H. McDonough

  • Athlete Social Support, Negative Social Interactions, and Psychological Health across a Competitive Sport Season

    J. D. DeFreese;Alan L. Smith

  • Moral development in sport and physical activity.

    Maureen R. Weiss;Alan L. Smith;Cheryl P. Stuntz

  • Peer motivational climate and burnout perceptions of adolescent athletes

    Alan L. Smith;Henrik Gustafsson;Henrik Gustafsson;Peter Hassmén

  • Determinants of Sport Commitment among Junior Tennis Players: Enjoyment as a Mediating Variable

    Maureen R. Weiss;Lissa A. Kimmel;Alan L. Smith

  • Goal orientation profile differences on perceived motivational climate, perceived peer relationships, and motivation-related responses of youth athletes

    Alan L. Smith;Isabel Balaguer;Joan L. Duda

  • Quality of Youth Sport Friendships: Measurement Development and Validation

    Maureen R. Weiss;Alan L. Smith

  • Observational Learning and the Fearful Child: Influence of Peer Models on Swimming Skill Performance and Psychological Responses

    Maureen R. Weiss;Penny McCullagh;Alan L. Smith;Anthony R. Berlant

Frequent Co-Authors

Maureen R. Weiss
Maureen R. Weiss University of Minnesota
Betsy Hoza
Betsy Hoza University of Vermont
Matthew B. Pontifex
Matthew B. Pontifex Michigan State University
Peter Hassmén
Peter Hassmén Southern Cross University
Norbert L. Kerr
Norbert L. Kerr Michigan State University
Deborah L. Feltz
Deborah L. Feltz Michigan State University
Nikos Ntoumanis
Nikos Ntoumanis University of Southern Denmark
Jason S. Moser
Jason S. Moser Michigan State University
Kathleen A. Martin Ginis
Kathleen A. Martin Ginis University of British Columbia
Joan L. Duda
Joan L. Duda University of Birmingham

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